The Department of Social Protection said that it has priced the abolition of the means test for the carer's allowance at €600 million. Photograph: iStock
Abolishing income disregards for the carer’s allowance would take decades at the rate of reduction in last week’s budget, Sinn Féin has argued.
The Government increased the income disregard by 60 per cent from €625 to €1,000 for a single person and from €1,250 to €2,000 for a couple from next July in Budget 2026.
The Department of Social Protection con
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